20 Minute Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
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There is nothing better to warm you up, or cure your winter cold. And all you need is 20 minutes for this 20 minute homemade chicken noodle soup!
Dish Count :: 1 Large Pot or Dutch Oven, 1 Cutting Board

There are some caveats to the whole notion of “Sharing is Caring”. It’s kind to share your cookies with your neighbor, tell your friends about the latest sale at Nordstrom’s, and sharing the last of the ice cream with your hunny – because vanilla is his favorite. But there are things that you can share that clearly don’t indicate “caring”, like a cold.
After my weekend away hunting with my family (Who got five deer in camp! Hello full freezers!), I came home for one night to shower (I needed it), do laundry and repack before jetting off to Ohio to meet with the American Dairy Association and cuddle with adorable baby cows. With him heavily infected with that bout of mini-plauge, I wanted to make sure he had some comforting and cure him while I was gone.

And in that one night at home, after making him soup no less, my loving husband was so kind to bestow upon me the most sinusy of colds just in time for my plane ride to Cleveland. Â Love is not dead, people!
And in case you’re wondering, yes, I was in Cleveland, and no I did not fly Frontier. I’ve learned my lesson on taking that flying tube cattle car airline when I flew to Houston earlier this year. But that didn’t stop my mom from calling Ben and me in a hormonal mom-panic. The menopause is strong with that one.
But the soup! Yes, I did say 20 minutes, and no I’m not joking. It’s a semi-homemade recipe, but this cam be made full on homemade if you want to use this tutorial on How to Roast a Chicken! This tutorial also includes full instructions on how to carve a chicken, which you will need for this chicken noodle soup recipe. Because I was in a rush – I used a store bough rotisserie bird. When we don’t have a lot of time on hand and we need to feed the family, a rotisserie bird is a welcomed joy.
Ingredients for 20 Minute Chicken Noodle Soup
- Store Bought Rotisserie Chicken, carved and meat shredded
- Olive Oil
- Carrots, peeled and roughly chopped
- Celery, roughly chopped
- Onion, peeled and chopped
- Cloves Garlic, minced
- Fresh Thyme
- Salt and Pepper
- Low-Sodium Chicken Stock
- Egg Noodles
I removed the two chicken boobs from the bird and saved them for Ben’s dinner while I was gone, but the rest of the bird went into the soup. Use the tutorial for removing the rest of the meat from the chicken and using two forks shred the meat into small pieces. Cut up two carrots, two ribs of celery, and one onion. Then all you need is two 32 ounce cartons of chicken stock, garlic, a dash of salt, pepper and a little thyme and noodles and you’re off to the races!
And don’t forget – keep the chicken remnants of your chicken so you can make your own chicken stock later!

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20 Minute Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
- Prep Time: 10 Minutes
- Cook Time: 20 Minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Soup
- Method: Stove Top
- Cuisine: American
Description
There is nothing better to warm you up, or cure your winter cold. And all you need is 20 minutes for this 20 minute homemade chicken noodle soup!
Ingredients
- 1 Store Bought Rotisserie Chicken, carved and meat shredded
- 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 2 Carrots, peeled and roughly chopped
- 2 ribs Celery, roughly chopped
- 1 Onion, peeled and chopped
- 5 Cloves Garlic, minced
- 1 tsp Fresh Thyme, (1 1/2 tsp Dried Thyme)
- Salt and Pepper
- 64 ounces Low-Sodium Chicken Stock (2 cartons)
- 6 ounces Egg Noodles
Instructions
- In a dutch oven over medium high heat, add the olive oil into the pot and let it heat up. When the oil is heated, add the carrots, celery, and onions to the pot. Let the vegetables soften, stirring occasionally.
- While the vegetables are in the pot, carve and shred the chicken meat, using a knife to carve the chicken and two forks to shred the meat. Set aside.
- Add the garlic into the pot once the vegetables have softened. Stir for about 30 seconds until the garlic is fragrant.
- Add in the thyme and stir until fragrant.
- Pour in the chicken stock and stir the soup. Cover and turn the heat to high to bring the soup to a boil.
- Once boiling add in the shredded chicken meat and noodles. Boil for about 7 minutes, or until the noodles have softened.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
Adapted from Cook’s Country Chicken Noodle Soup
Keywords: Recipe, Soup, Chicken, Pasta
Comfort food in a bowl. I love a good homemade chicken noodle soup recipe.
Love the looks of this. Nothing beats homemade!
One of my all time favorite comfort foods!! So making this weekend!
How nice of your hubby to share his germs — not!! But, how nice of you to make him soup!! It looks delicious, and I’m sure exactly what you both needed to feel better 🙂
Yes! I love chicken noodle soup, but it can be time consuming. Can’t wait to try this version one lazy Sunday!
I’m loving your humble chicken noodle soup! So flavorful!
Nothing better than homemade chicken noodle soup and this looks incredible! Love reading your blog, always cracks me up:)
I totally use store bought rotisserie chicken too for my chicken soup. . adds so much flavor! love this .. this is the most beautiful chicken soup ever!!!
Yes, I agree those rotisserie birds are always so flavorful, and if it means fewer dishes for me that’s definitely a win!
Chicken soup is good stuff. It’s the only soup my son will eat. (I should probably make it more often 🙂 )
This looks delicious!
Yes, it’s definitely worth the time to make it! I’m sure the tot would wolf this down!! I know I did!
Sometimes you need chicken soup on the run, and not make it a full day affair. What’s more comforting than that? Can’t wait to see what you whip up with the deer meat. Anything other than jerkey?
Oh we make a full family butcher affair out of processing the deer. We butcher it ourselves and get several roasts and cuts out of them, then we also make our own sausages and ground. It’s such a fun weekend of work with the whole clan.
Literally nothing like a good homemade chicken noodle soup to get your through a cold, and yours looks nothing short of delicious (and beautiful!).
Whyy awww shucks hun! Thank you!
This soup makes me want to get a cold it looks so good!
LOL! Stay healthy – but make a pot of this anyway. 🙂
Mmm, love this! I’ll definitely be making this when it gets a little colder!
Yes, most definitely do! I’ve made this twice… and it makes 6 quarts, so basically you’ll eat for days. It’s totally a win!
I am craving this giant bowl of healthy comfort food!
Sooooo comforting!
Oh my gosh, I am crying with laughter about the mom-panic comment. That’s so me, handed down nicely from my wonderful mom 🙂
I too have been going through a nice bout of “the junk” since we got back last week – guess that means more soup for me!
I so hope that I wasn’t the root cause of your mini-plague!! But the soup will help! I know it 🙂
Hope you are both on the mend! Chicken soup is so good when you feel under the weather. Ben is so lucky to have you to take care of him!
This is SO good. I have to say, it may be better than my mom’s! (shh, don’t tell her!) The mix of garlic and thyme makes it. I didn’t make any changes.
Barbara, I’m so thrilled that you enjoyed the soup – and I promise not to tell that it was better than your mom’s. But I’m not gonna lie, that totally makes me blush – what a compliment!!
Ahhhh totally feeling hungry all over again. Chicken noodle soup is the best especially when the weather is getting colder. I sometimes swap noodle with macaroni, and chicken with sausage. Yum!
That’s such a smart swap! I love it!
Love how healthy and easy to make this soup is!
Just stumbled upon your blog, and am so glad I did! Will definitely be a subscribed reader 🙂 Your food photography is amazing! looking forward to reading your posts 🙂 This soup looks divine, perfect for this chilly fall weather!
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Use frozen egg noodles or the ones found in the pasta aisle? I’m not a chicken noodle soup girl – just didn’t grow up eating it and not a fan of shredded chicken or dark meat. But this looks really delicious, do-able for me as a first timer, and most importantly, my husband LOVES chicken noodle soup!
I just the ones found in the pasta aisle 🙂 I hope this helps!
Hi Megan,Â
I found your blog on Ree Drummond’s new website and I am so glad I did. Your recipies are great…good food that does not require several pots and pans makes for a good recipe in my book…and your style of writing effect, breezy and fun. I’ll be checking in with you often. Thank you
Margie – I’m so glad you found my site, I hope you find lots of great recipes! Please do come back often – stay in touch 🙂
Looks good! I have some leftover grilled chicken – just wondered about how many cups of shredded chicken you used? Thank you!
Hi Janet, I used about 3 cups. Use more or less depending on much chicken you like! I always like MORE!
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